276 YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Having made no attempt to keep the seedling trees from the two 

 sources apart, he is now unable to determine from which source the 

 seed came. The nut characters and the habit of the tree so much 

 resemble the Frotscher, one of the varieties then being sold by the 

 J. Steckler Seed Co., that it seems fair to assume that the Owens 

 is a seedling of that variety. 



The original tree was grown in a nursery row and subsequently 

 removed to its present location. In 1907 it bore one nut. In 1908 

 the crop was an entire failure, but in 1909 it matured about 100 nuts, 

 and in 1910 it had approximately 300 nuts. In 1911 it bore about 

 37 pounds, but in 1912 the crop was again very light. The nuts 

 usually mature about September 20. This variety was first propa- 

 gated in the spring of 1911, when Mr. Owens sent ^cions to two 

 nurserymen in Louisiana for use in top working. Its name was 

 suggested in March, 1911, by Mr. James, in honor of Mr. Owens. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Size large, varying from 55 to 80 nuts per pound, averaging from 

 60 to 65 ; form oblong, oval, slightly compressed, with tapering base 

 and apex, often one sided; sutures quite distinct, somewhat ridged; 

 color reddish gray-brown with broad reddish-black to black mark- 

 ings, mainly at apical end; shell thin; partitions fragile; cracking 

 quality excellent ; kernel somewhat shriveled, often lacking in plump- 

 ness; surface not always smooth; texture rather dry; flavor fairly 

 good ; quality good. 



The parent tree is described by Mr. Owens as being about 40 feet 

 tall, having a spread of 40 feet 4 inches, and as measuring 33 inches 

 around the trunk at breast height. The foliage is dense, leaflets 

 large, rather coarse, and of a dark-green color. The old wood is of 

 a slaty-gray color and the new growth an olive green. On the new 

 wood the dots are narrow, long, and quite numerous. 



The fact that the place of origin of this variety is near the north- 

 ern limit of the region known to be adapted to the southern varieties 

 combines with the good size, ease of cracking, and earliness of matur- 

 ing of the nuts to make this variety well worthy of trial in northern 

 Mississippi, southern Arkansas, southern Oklahoma, and sections of 

 similar soil and climatic conditions. 



The specimens illustrated in Plate VIII are from the original tree, 

 crop of 1911, and were supplied by Mr. Owens. 



WABRICK PECAN. 



The original tree of the Warrick pecan stands in a native forest 

 in Warrick County, Ind. It is located on property near Pigeon 

 Creek, and is now owned by Mr. C. F. Brown, of Rockporc, Ind. 



